Support for cold-air registers



J. E. HUG.

SUPPORT FOR GOLD AIR REGISTERS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. 1921.

1,411,628, I Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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JOSEPH E. HUG, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF GNE-I-IALFTO CHARLES S.

WHIDDEN', OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SUPPORT FOR COLD-AIR REGISTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Application filed June 21, 1921. Serial No. 479,292.

To cZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Josnrrr E. HUG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Cold-Air Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports for cold air registers used in connection with hot air furnaces.

The object of the invention is to provide clips which may be easily and expeditiously positioned for supporting a cold air register within an opening in a floor.

It is also an, object of the invention that the clips be adapted to permit easy removal of the register when so desired.

Other objects will hereinafter appear in the detailed description to follow.

The invention is illustrated by way of eX- ample in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating a cold air register supported in an opening in a floor by means of the present invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken substantially on the lines 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a section taken substantially on the lines 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the corner supporting clip,

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of a side supporting clip.

Referring to the drawings more particularly, in Figure 1, A indicates generally a floor in which there has been formed an opening adapted to accommodate the cold air register generally indicated at B. The register B is of the usual construction comprising the margin plates 10 with which there is formed the grid structure of the register, as shown. The register is supported at each of its corners by a clip 11 and at each of its sides by a clip 12. The clips 11 and 12 are the subject of the present invention, and will hereinafter be referred to as corner clips, and side clips respectively.

The corner clip 11 as shown in detail in Figure 4 is made from a single piece of sheet.

metal, and is bent to form the two main portions 13 and 14, extending at right angles to each other. Each of the portions 13 and lt has extending from its upper end a flange 15, said flanges being disposed at right anend of each portion 13 and 14: is formed with a ledge 16, said ledges being preferabl y integral at their meeting edges as shown. Each ledge 16 is formed with an upwardly extending lip 17 at its outer edge, said lip in each instance being slightly curved.outwardly at its upper end as indicated at 18 in Figure 1. Each main portion lSand lat has struck therefrom a tang 14 w rlCh has its outer pointed end portion 13' bent at substantially right angles to the body portion of clip from which it is struck.

As shown in Figures 1 and 8, the corner clips 11 are positioned so that the flanges 15 thereof rest upon the upper surface of the floor A. The margin plates 10 of the register B have portions of their lower edges resting upon the ledges 16 of thesecorner clips and the lips 17 engaging the inner sides of the margin plates. The portions 13 of the tangs are driven into the flooring as shown in Figure 3 and thus the clips are rigidly held.

Referring to Figure 5, the side supporting clip shown is likewise made of a single piece of sheet metal and comprises a body portion 19 which has formed at its upper end a flange 20 extending at right angles therefrom and at its lower end a ledge 21 which terminates in an upwardly extending lip 22. Also in this case the clip has a tang 24: struck from the body portion thereof, and said tang being likewise formed with the pointed end portion 23 which is bent at substantially right angles to the body portion of the clip.

In positioning the side supporting clip 12 the pointed end portion 23 of the tang 24 is first driven into the floor, as shown in Figure 2. The lip 20 rests upon the top surface of the floor likewise shown. The lower edges of the side margin plates 10 may rest upon the ledges 21 of the clips and the lips 22 will engage the inner sides of the margin plates.

It is believed from the foregoing description that the advantages of my invention can be clearly understood. It may be mentioned that the clips hold the register so that 7 its top surface is flush with the corresponding floor surface. Also it may be pointed out that the supporting clips in no way hinder the easy removal of the register.

I claim 1. A supporting clip of the character decomprising a single piece of sheet iron bent to form two main portions disposed at right angles to each other, a flange extending from the upper end of each main portion, and a ledge extending from the lower end of each main portion, in a direction opposite to that of theflanges.

3. A corner clip of the character described, comprising a single piece of sheet iron bent to form two main portions disposed at right angles to each other, a flange extending from the upper end of each main portion, and a ledge extending from the lower end of each main portion in a direction opposite to that of the flanges, and a lip extending upwardly from each of said ledges.

4. A corner clip of the character described, comprising a single piece of sheet iron bent to? form two main portions disposed at right angles to each other, a flange extending from the upper end of each main portion at right angles thereto, a ledge extending from the lower end of each portion in a direction opposite to that of the flanges, a lip extending upwardly from each of said ledges, and having their upper end portions slightly curved in an outward direction.

A supporting clip of the character de scribed, comprising a body portion, a flange extending from the upper end thereof at right angles thereto, a ledge formed upon its lower end extending in a direction opposite to that of the flange, said ledge terminating in a bent-up portion, and a tang struck from the body portion, having a pointed end portion extending at substantially right angles from the body portion.

6. A corner clip of the character described, comprising a single piece of sheet iron bent to form two main portions disposed at right angles to each other, a flange extending from the upper end of each main portion at, right angles thereto, a ledgeextending from the lower end of each portion in a direction opposite to that ofthe flanges,a lip extending upwardly from each of said ledges, having their upper end portions slightly curved in an outward direction, and a tang struck from each main portion, said 'tangs each having a pointed end portion disposed at substantially right angles to the main body portion from which it is struck.

' JOSEPH. E. HUG. 

